Public Administration

Produced every five years since 1957, for years ending in "2" and "7." Identifies the scope and nature of the nation's state and local government sector; provides authoritative benchmark figures of public finance and public employment; classifies local government organizations, powers, and activities; and measures federal, state, and local fiscal relationships.  Includes all state and  local governments in the United States. Local governments include: counties, cities, townships, special districts (such as water districts, fire districts, library districts, mosquito abatement districts, and so on) and school districts

Literature reviews are data-gathering activities leading to a final synthesis of results.  You may need to conduct a literature review to:

• Justify funding or identify funding sources
• Degree requirements
• Describe and explain current knowledge to guide professional practice
• Identify effective and development methods
• Identify experts in the field or new sources of information
• Personal research
  Adapted from: Fink, A. (2014). Conducting research literature reviews: From the Internet to paper (4^th ed.). Los Angeles, CA: SAGE.
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